Information apparatus having hierarchical menu items, method thereof, and program thereof

• US 20050165497A1
• Filed: 03/18/2005
• Published: 07/28/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Tanabe, Kota
• Application Number:
  US11/082,651
• Publication Number:
  US 20050165497A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/23
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A cellular telephone (1) includes a display (2) for hierarchically spreading upper to lower concepts and successively displaying menu items deciding an operation content of the cellular telephone (1), a dial button (3) for selecting a menu item, a lock application (4) for disabling execution of the menu items selected by the dial button (3) in the order of the selection, a notification application (5) for notifying that the items have been locked, and a release application (6) for releasing the lock state of the menu items which have been execution-disabled by the lock application (4) in the order of the selection by the dial button (3).

Claims

1. An information apparatus, comprising:

display unit sequentially displaying menu items that spread hierarchically and determine an operation content of the information apparatus;

selecting unit selecting the menu items; and

lock unit collectively disabling execution of plural menu items selected by the selecting unit.

2. An information apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising notifying unit notifying that execution of the menu items is disabled by the lock unit.

3. An information apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising requesting unit requesting a predetermined password before the lock unit disabling execution of plural menu items.

4. An information apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notifying unit displays the menu items execution-disabled by the lock unit on the display unit in a size smaller than a usual display state.

5. An information apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notifying unit marks the execution-disabled menu items displayed on the display unit.

6. An information apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notifying unit changes display brightness of the execution-disabled menu items that are displayed on the display unit.

7. An information apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notifying unit changes display color of the execution-disabled menu items that are displayed on the display means.

8. An information apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notifying unit displays menu items other than the execution-disabled menu items that are displayed on the display unit in a size larger than a usual display size.

9. An information apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays menu items locked by the lock unit on the display unit as a list.

10. An information apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising releasing unit releasing lock of menu items execution-disabled by the lock unit in an order of selection by the selecting unit.

11. An information apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lock unit disables execution of the menu items by executing predetermined menu items.

12. A method comprising the step of:

sequentially displaying menu items that spread hierarchically and determine an operation content of the information apparatus;

selecting the menu items; and

disabling execution of selected plural menu items collectively.

13. A program that is capable of causing a computer to execute the step of:

sequentially displaying menu items that spread hierarchically and determine an operation content of the information apparatus;

selecting the menu items; and

disabling execution of selected plural menu items collectively.